Polymer clay is a bright, multifunctional and easy-to-use material from which you can make a variety of things, from handmade dolls to jewelry, jewelry and interior crafts. If you decide to learn how to make things from polymer clay, study the rules for working with this material - only if the master follows the technology for making a plastic product, he will get a high-quality result.
Instructions
Step 1
Most polymer clays set at high temperatures and should be baked to remove plasticizer from the material. Some polymer clays freeze in air. You can work with polymer clay in various techniques, creating the effect of glass, porcelain, ivory, clay, plastic and many other materials.
Step 2
Before sculpting the product, carefully knead a piece of clay of the desired color with your hands to give it plasticity. If you've never sculpted clay, start practicing sculpting simple round beads. Roll out a piece of plastic, cut the sheet into squares, and roll each square into a small ball.
Step 3
Before baking, the beads should be put on toothpicks to keep the hole in them. You can sculpt beads from one-color plastic or mix two or three colors to get beautiful streaks.
Step 4
Having mastered the sculpting of beads, try canning the product using any master class found on the net. The essence of the method is that the plastic of the desired colors is rolled into thin sausages, and a drawing is laid out of the sausages, which should appear on the cut of the finished product. The finished part, assembled from several sausages, is compressed and stretched, and then cut into pieces of the same size, which can be used for any purpose.
Step 5
You can also make beautiful textures on pieces of plastic using prints, if you have suitable stamps. Thin and long items, in particular dolls, need to be sculpted on the basis of a wire frame.
Step 6
When your product is ready, proceed to the crucial stage - baking the figurine. Make sure that the oven temperature is exactly the same as the baking temperature, which is indicated in the instructions for your polymer clay.
Step 7
Never raise the oven temperature to more than 175 degrees, otherwise the plastic will melt and release toxic fumes. If the temperature is below critical, but higher than recommended, the plastic runs the risk of burning and discoloration.
Step 8
Bake the product, maintaining the correct temperature regime, and then cool it completely. When the product has completely cooled down, you can work with it further - process it with sandpaper or a file, paint, polish, varnish, and so on. It is best to paint the product with acrylic paints.
